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Friday, June 28, 2013

Making My Marchland Unseelie Court

As mentioned a couple of posts ago, the actual Marchland book separates the European fae-blooded into seasonal courts, not Seelie and Unseelie. This was also the set-up in Dark Ages Fae and I couldn’t wrap it around my brain there either. It’s just too many factions and I can’t really be bothered with that for a duet game, so I’m making up my own Seelie and Unseelie courts. I can’t remember any of the NPCs from the actual Marchland except for Lilly Barnes and that weirdo Theo, so these are all my own goofy invention.

Erik AldermanHigh Concept: King of the Unseelie Court of Brighton BayTrouble: All the gods-damned humansAspect 1: Hard-bitten survivor of four hundred years of war and politicsAspect 2: Not all trolls are stupid and uglyAspect 3: Casual cruelty

Careful: +1Clever: +3Flashy: +2Forceful: +4Quick: +2Sneaky: +3

Stunt 1: Because I am smarter and less savage than the average troll, once per session I can act first in combat when I unleash my true savage nature. Stunt 2: Because I wield the Power of Midwinter, I get a +2 when I Flashily Attack servants of the light.Stunt 3: Because I am a master of illusion and darkness, I get a +2 when I Sneakily Create Advantages in surroundings unfamiliar to my foes.

Stunt 1: Because I think it’s all a game, I get a +2 when I Flashily Attack using a fantasy weapon like a bat’leth or “Krull”-style glaive. Stunt 2: Because I don’t think I can die, I get a +2 to Forcefully Attack supernatural mooks (but not normal humans because they’re real).Stunt 3: Because I need my delusions shielded in order to be effective for the Unseelie, the king has assigned a gang of goblins to fight by my side and feed my fantasies.

Stunt 1: Because I am a computer genius, I get a +2 when I Cleverly Create Advantages using my hacking skills. Stunt 2: Because I’m a bully, I get a +2 when I Forcefully Attack anyone smaller than me.Stunt 3: Because the whole world is wired, once per session I can get anywhere someone answers her smartphone.

(Yes, there's two trolls, but they're meant to deliberately contrast with each other.)

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